Friday, 6 January 2012

Beckenham as new breakaway borough?

Following last year's launch of Beckenham Civic Society: former Councillor Rod Reed, critic of his Conservative colleagues and active Beckenham resident sympathetic to Bromley Cuts Concern - argues in The Bromley Times this week (January 5 2012) for Beckenham to break away from Bromley's disinterested governance of the town.

About Me

Bromley Cuts Concern has been formed to scrutinise and, where necessary, oppose the forthcoming cuts programme to be implemented by Bromley Council. We seek to be a broad, community-based group of concerned residents, independent of any political party. We believe that the best way to cut the country’s deficit would be to clamp down on tax evasion, tighten up tax avoidance loopholes and address the appalling under-collection of taxes. Combined, these could generate up to £100 billion a year according to the New Economics Foundation. Action on tax would mainly affect those better able to pay whereas cutting public expenditure disproportionately hits the poor.